This problem can me modelled with an exponencial formula:
P = Po * (1+r)^t
Where P is the final value, Po is the inicial value, r is the rate and t is the amount of time.
In this problem, we have that the inicial population/value is 27000, the rate is -8/9 (negative because the population decays), and the time t is in months, so as the rate is for every 4 months, we use the value (t/4) in the exponencial.